Update on My Husband

The hospital called me today to tell me that they were moving my husband up to ICU because he was having seizures. I had the healthiest of the boys run over to our pastors house to tell him what was going on so that he could start the prayer chain, (he lives down the field and across the street.) He sent my son home to tell me that he would be at the hospital as soon as he finished his school bus route.

I rushed to the hospital and talked to my husbands ICU nurse. She said that she felt the nurses down stairs had over reacted. That he was too aware of his surroundings and too able to answer questions during these episodes to be having seizures. The doctor, based on the reports of the nurse, had ordered some heavy duty anti-seizure medication. She said that she wasn't going to give it to him because she didn't feel he needed it.

I explained that whenever they gave him large doses of steroids and albuterol that he tended to have mild tremors in his hands and sometime his feet. She told me that was good to know and called the doctor to tell him. She then cut off all his medication. They are going to keep him over night and watch him to see if he improves as the medication wares off. The problem is when he gets like this he needs the steroids and albuterol to help clear out his lungs.

On the other hand he can't go one the way he was. These weren't mild tremors, they were rather violent. While I was there, after they cut off his medication, he got better and better so maybe they have it right. They are running blood tests and are planning to do a CT scan tomorrow. I don't know what the answer is but the Lord does. In the dark times like this I always hang on to Psalm 139:12.

"Even the darkness is not dark to You, and the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You."

I don't know the answer but the Lord does and what ever the out come I know that it will be for the best. I know that the Lord will hold us firmly in His hand. On the other hand this is not just my husband; this is my best friend on this earth. He knows me inside and out and has always loved me. Sometimes because of myself and sometimes in spite of myself; but he has always loved me. And while I know the Lord would see me through this; I would hate to lose my best friend. Pray for us.